Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
March 2019 Hong Kong Auction 25-27 Mar 2019
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CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Meng Chiang. Chiao (10 Cents), Year 738 (1943). PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield.
KM-Pn3. Struck in aluminum, VERY RARE and historically significant. Commonly mislabeled as a pattern. Uses the Kublai Khan dating system. This is in fact a currency issue struck in Japan for use in occupied Inner Mongolia. Due to maritime transportation problems during World War II, the shipment containing the majority of this mintage never arrived. It is believed the ship carrying nearly the entire mintage was torpedoed by submarines. Since the cargo was lost, very few examples of this issue have survived. Good strike with just a light veneer of tone.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2500.00
KM-Pn3. Struck in aluminum, VERY RARE and historically significant. Commonly mislabeled as a pattern. Uses the Kublai Khan dating system. This is in fact a currency issue struck in Japan for use in occupied Inner Mongolia. Due to maritime transportation problems during World War II, the shipment containing the majority of this mintage never arrived. It is believed the ship carrying nearly the entire mintage was torpedoed by submarines. Since the cargo was lost, very few examples of this issue have survived. Good strike with just a light veneer of tone.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2500.00